Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a white-hot glow; incandescent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Whitening; making white.
- Very hot; heated to whiteness; glowing with white heat.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Glowing as a result of its hightemperature ;incandescent , glowing with heat.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective emitting light as a result of being heated
Etymologies
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Examples
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Humor hic niger aliquando praeter modum calefactus, et alias refrigeratus evadit: nam recentibus carbonibus ei quid simile accidit, qui durante flamma pellucidissime candent, ea extincta prorsus nigrescunt.
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I cared nothing for Evalie then, caught in that limbo which at once was ice and candent core of rage.
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Insula montes elati in coelum, quorum vertices perpetua niue candent, radices sempiterno igne 鎠tuant.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Insula montes elati in coelum, quorum vertices perpetua niue candent, radices sempiterno igne æstuant.
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Despite the candent heat and the dust that settled on us and our possessions like fur, it was a curiously agreeable trip.
Terra Incognita Wheeler, Sarah 1996
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A million hornets buzzed in rage, and lightnings flashed along the candent boundary, ceasing only when the spear point was withdrawn.
Conan The Victorious Jordan, Robert 1984
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For the stars were scattered about in their myriads, dominantly ruby and ember, some yellow or candent, green or blue.
Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981
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_Lumine sic tremulo terra et cava caerula candent_, to the thunderous oath of Achilles --
Latin Literature 1902
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Thundering, he downward hurled his candent bolt 155
The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1832
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Tryal of my own, That having sometimes distilled some Woods, as particularly Box, whilst our _Caput mortuum_ remain'd in the Retort, it continued black like Charcoal, though the Retort were Earthen, and kept red-hot in a vehement Fire; but as soon as ever it was brought out of the candent Vessel into the open Air, the burning Coals did hastily degenerate or fall asunder, without the Assistance of any new
roseandivy commented on the word candent
A very candent candle!
March 19, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word candent
incandescent; white-hot.
January 12, 2009
michaelt42 commented on the word candent
The gas mantle, which consists of a gas-jet heated metallic mesh coated with a suitable compound, typically oxide, of metals such as calcium and thorium, is candent at a lower temperature than the untreated metal. The source of the gaslight of the Victorian theatre, it is still in use today for illumination.
April 13, 2012